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R. W. SCHWAB.

SPRING BED CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICAIION FILED JUNE 15, 1918.

130.3969. Patented May 20-, 1919.

ROBERT W. SCHWAIB, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

SPRING-BED CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 20, 1919.

Application filed June 15, 1918. Serial N 0. 240,193.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT W. SoHwAB, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Atlanta, county of Fulton, State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring-Bed Constructions, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to spring beds and has particular reference to the construction at the corner of thebed frame by which the side rails and end rails are connected. It embodies a corner piece made of angle iron as shown in the drawings and as will be described. The novel features will be apparent from the following description in connection with the claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side view of a bed having my invention applied thereto partly broken away;

Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line 2-2 of F ig. 1 looking down;

Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the corner piece.

In the drawings I have illustrated the corner posts and the side rails 11 of an ordinary metal bed to which my invention is applied. The spring bed frame embodies the tubular side rails 12 and the angle iron end rails 13, 14: the side rails and end rails being connected by my corner block construction 15. Any suitable spring construction 16 may be secured to the end rails 13 and 14 as shown.

According to my invention the corner piece 15 is made of angle iron and is L- shaped in cross section. The end 17 of the side rail is flattened in a vertical direction and is riveted to the vertical flange 18 of the corner piece. The corner piece is bent to the shape shown on a curve and the other flange 19 is cut away at 20 above the end of the vertical flange 19. This leaves a projecting shoulder on the corner piece which may be used for supporting the spring bed frame on the main bed side rails 11, as shown particularly in Fig. 3. The rivets connecting the side rail 12 to the flange 18 are marked 21. The upper end 22 of the side flange 19 is bent to a vertical position and is secured to the inner face of the downwardly extending flange of the end rail 13, for instance,.by rivets 23. This form of corner bracket has the advantage of simplicity, cheapness of manufacture and all of the requisite strength, as well as produces a neat appearance.

Having thus described my invention what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. In a bed spring construction the combination with an angle iron end rail of a tubular metal side rail, and a corner bracket formed of angle iron L-shaped in cross section connecting said rails, the end of the tubular side rail being flattened to form a vertical flattened portion, one wing of said L-shaped corner bracket being united to said flattened portion and the other wing of said bracket being riveted to said end rail.

2. In a bed spring construction the combination with an angle iron end rail of a tubular metal side rail, and a corner bracket formed of angle iron L-shaped in cross section connecting said rails, the end of the tubular side rail being flattened to form a vertical flattened portion, one wing of said L shaped corner bracket standing in a vertical plane fitting against and being secured to said flattened portion and the other wing of said bracket being secured at one end to said end rail and being cut awa at its other end at substantially right ang es leaving a lateral projecting shoulder slightly above that end of the bracket which is secured to the side rail.

In testimony whereof I 'aflix my signature.

ROBERT W. SOHWAB.

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Washington, D. G." 

